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LapLogic Releases New Line of AEROGEL LapDesks for Notebook Users

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LapLogic, Inc announced the release of 4 new LapDesk products today, including 2 featuring Aerogel Insulation. The follow-on generation of the highly rated Guardian Series of LapDesks, the new Aerogel Extreme LapDesks set new records for laptop user heat protection.

(PRWEB) November 18, 2007 — LapLogic, Inc. (http://laplogic.com) announced today the release of a new line of LapDesks featuring Aerogel Insulation. Holding 15 world records in the Guinness Book of World Records, including Best Thermal Insulator, Aerogel insulation has previously been restricted to high-budget government programs such as the Mars Rover. Up to 8x more effective than other insulators, Aerogel insulators are created using sophisticated nano-technology processes making them difficult to produce.

Designed for gamers, graphics editors, developers and other power-users, the Aerogel Extreme series permits laptop users to work in comfort for extended periods, providing protection from laptop heat. The only LapDesk (and one of the first commercial products for consumers) with Aerogel insulation, the Aerogel Extreme LapDesks set a new standard of heat protection for laptop users.

Most laptop users are only able to work for an hour or so until the bottom of their laptops become too hot to hold comfortably. Many will place a pillow under the laptop, blocking the cooling fans, and decreasing the life of the system. With the Aerogel Extreme LapDesks, users can work indefinitely with no discomfort due to heat. With In a realm where users typically spend several thousands of dollars on high end laptops, the Aerogel Extreme LapDesks can pay for themselves in increased productivity in a matter of days, making them a sound investment for individuals and businesses.

Available in the traditional 16-inch width, the G800 Aerogel Extreme is also available in the 20-inch W800 Aerogel Extreme, which features an integrated mouse pad for left or right-handed users. Both models are available in Slate Blue / Metallic Blue with Black trim and Grey / Metallic Gold with Black trim. With limited quantities available, the G800 has a MSRP of $69.96 and the W800 Wide version a MSRP of $79.95.

For normal laptop users, the same design is available without the Aerogel layer in a 16-inch G700 Taku and a 20-inch W700 Wide Taku. As with the Aerogel Extreme Series, both models are available in Slate Blue / Metallic Blue with Black trim and Grey / Metallic Gold with Black trim. The G700 has a MSRP of $49.95 and the W700 of $59.95.

Compatible with any laptop, the Aerogel Extreme and Taku models are currently available on Amazon.com and LapLogic.com, the Aerogel Extreme LapDesks make a perfect Christmas gift or upgrade for any serious laptop user.

Distributor and reseller inquiries welcome.

http://laplogic.com

Belden Offers DataTuff End-To-End Industrial Ethernet Cabling And Connectivity Solutions

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Belden has announced the introduction of a complete line of DataTuff® Industrial Ethernet Connectivity components – including cord sets, jacks, plug kits, tools and accessories – to complement its family of superior-performing DataTuff Industrial Ethernet Unshielded and Shielded Twisted Pair cables with Bonded-Pair technology for superior electrical performance.

Richmond, IN (PRWEB) November 16, 2007 — Belden, a world leader in the development of signal transmission solutions for wired and wireless enterprise networks, as well as industrial, broadcast, residential and security markets, has announced the introduction of a complete line of DataTuff® Industrial Ethernet Connectivity components – including cord sets, jacks, plug kits, tools and accessories – to complement its family of superior-performing DataTuff Industrial Ethernet Unshielded and Shielded Twisted Pair cables with Bonded-Pair technology for superior electrical performance.

The new line of connectivity components is designed to provide the industrial marketplace with robust, standards-based, end-to-end connectivity solutions. With the expanded DataTuff product line from Belden, the installation of an industrial Ethernet infrastructure solution of cable and connectivity is possible.

The full line of Belden DataTuff Industrial Ethernet Connectivity Solutions includes:

  • Cord Sets (RJ45), Cat 5e UTP or FTP, with solid or stranded 24 AWG conductors and Industrial Grade Sunlight and Oil-Resistant jackets. Suitable for use in IP67 or IP20 installations.
  • Modular Jack (RJ45), Cat 5e UTP or FTP. Suitable for use in IP67 installations.
  • Plug Kits (RJ45), Cat 5e UTP or FTP. Suitable for use in IP67 installations

Belden DataTuff Connectivity Solutions accessories include:

  • Stainless Steel Faceplates, 1- or 2-Port single gang or 4-Port double gang. Suitable for use in IP67 in installations.
  • Surface Mount Boxes, 1-, 2-, 3-, or 4-Port. Stainless Steel cover. Suitable for use in IP67 installations.
  • Hand tools to crimp either UTP or FTP RF45 plugs, Cable strippers. Punch-down connecting tool and tool pouch.

Belden's DataTuff products are designed for mission critical applications, with all components built to withstand the harsh environmental conditions of the plant floor. Belden's sealed IP67-rated components are designed for use in factory and process areas in unprotected and outdoor environments. They are resistant to the ingress of dust, moisture, water, oil and chemical exposure. Belden's non-sealed, IP20-rated cord sets are designed for use inside more protected enclosures, such as control rooms and other areas but may be subjected to extreme temperatures, EMI/RFI and vibration.

The new Cord Sets offer the ideal connectivity companion to Belden's DataTuff Industrial Ethernet Cables, which have long set the industry standard for electrical performance and reliability in the industrial environment. Many of the DataTuff Industrial Ethernet cables utilize Belden's patented Bonded-Pair technology – a construction that affixes the conductor insulation of the cable pairs along their longitudinal axis to ensure that no performance-robbing gaps that can develop between conductor pairs. The result is consistently superior electrical performance even after the rigors of installation – a capability Belden calls Installable Performance®.    

For more information about Belden Industrial Ethernet Cabling and Connectivity Solutions, contact Belden, P.O. Box 1980, Richmond, Indiana 47375, or call 1.800.BELDEN.1. FAX: 765.983.5294 to request New Product Bulletin #262. Or visit the Web site: www.belden.com.

About Belden
Belden is a leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of signal transmission solutions for data networking and a wide range of specialty electronics markets including entertainment, industrial, building management and aerospace applications. Belden has manufacturing facilities in North America, Asia and Europe as well as distribution centers in the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Australia and The Netherlands. A majority of Belden's manufacturing, engineering and support functions are registered to the International Organization for Standardization.

Sun CEO Previews Sun xVM and Unveils Partner Ecosystem at Oracle OpenWorld

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Industry's First Free, Open Source Datacenter Virtualization and Management Platform

SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire EON) November 14, 2007 — Today during his keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAVA) President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz will unveil Sun(TM) xVM, the company's open, comprehensive virtualization and management platform. The introduction of Sun xVM marks a new era in IT productivity, building on years of virtualization innovations in the Java(TM) platform, in the free and open source Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS), and in the commodity UltraSparc(R) microprocessor. During his keynote, Schwartz will also highlight Sun's cutting-edge Eco technologies that help increase IT energy efficiency and drive user cost savings.

“The world clearly recognizes that the move to free and open source software has led to savings, efficiency and competition. Virtualization presents an equivalently compelling opportunity – but it's a move not without risk,” said Schwartz. “Customers tell us the last thing they want is a proprietary vendor at the core of their next generation datacenter architectures, which is why Sun is pleased to commit nearly $2 billion in R&D to the success of its xVM program, a free and open software platform and comprehensive management offering to virtualize and manage mixed environments running platform software from the Java, OpenSolaris(TM) and Linux software communities, along with Microsoft Windows, across HP, Dell, IBM and Sun hardware. Sun xVM moves beyond server consolidation, recognizing that virtualization must encompass all datacenter assets, from the network and storage, to applications and hardware provisioning — while eliminating the risk of proprietary dependency.”

During the keynote, Sun will also demonstrate two upcoming products at the core of Sun's virtualization offerings: Sun xVM Ops Center, a unified management infrastructure, and Sun xVM Server, an enterprise-grade bare-metal hypervisor. Sun xVM will combine enhancements to Sun's existing technology portfolio with new offerings that will help customers to increase efficiency, while simplifying management and saving money. Additionally, Sun will launch www.openxvm.org, an open source community for developers building next-generation datacenter virtualization and management technologies.

Sun will also announce that key industry partners are supporting the company's goal to deliver the industry's first, interoperable, virtualization and management platform built on open source technologies. AMD, Intel, MySQL, Quest Software, Red Hat and Symantec are a few of the many hardware, software, operating system and management companies endorsing Sun's vision for the future of virtualization.

“Virtualization extends the tradition of information technology enabling customers to do more with less, and its profound benefits are truly revolutionizing the industry,” said Hector Ruiz, Chairman and CEO, AMD. “Sun’s introduction of its open xVM Infrastructure expands enterprise access to virtualization technology and its accompanying benefits, including helping contain ballooning energy costs through consolidation. With Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors specifically designed to optimize virtualization performance, and Sun xVM products based on Solaris OS, AMD and Sun will push the envelope for what is possible with virtualization in the enterprise.”

“Virtualization is gaining momentum and bringing real value to the enterprise,” said Kirk Skaugen, Vice President Server Platforms Group, Intel. “Intel supports virtualization solutions from leading suppliers including Sun. Sun and Intel are working together to take advantage of Intel® Virtualization Technology in the new Intel® Xeon® processors. We expect this collaboration on Sun xVM Server to accelerate the value of virtualization solutions across the enterprise.”

“We are thrilled to see Sun bring a world-class open source virtualization solution to market; a true testament of Sun's continued commitment to the open source community,” said Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL AB. “We're always pleased to offer our customers more open source options. Now, they can deploy the MySQL database and Sun's xVM virtualization platform to drive further productivity and cost efficiencies across the enterprise.”

“Virtualization is one of the most important areas for Quest moving forward, and we are delighted to partner with Sun in its effort to have Sun xVM address the increasing market demand for a simplified, reliable and open virtualization and management platform,” said Mike Ragusa, vice president, Channels and Alliances, Quest Software. “Together we're working to ensure that Quest's expanding line of systems management products and tools will support Sun's xVM product portfolio to help organizations get even more performance and productivity out of their enterprise applications and databases.”

Red Hat and Sun are collaborating to expand interoperability and customer choice. Customers seeking a free and open source virtualization platform that ensures interoperability and avoids proprietary vendor lock in, can look to Sun and Red Hat solutions. Sun supports Red Hat's Linux Automation strategy and Red Hat supports Sun's xVM strategy, both of which extend the reach and value of open source. Red Hat and Sun will ensure customers mutual certification and customer support across our virtualization offerings. In addition, Sun and Red Hat are committed to working together to foster libvirt (www.libvirt.org), an open source community for cross-platform virtualization management, to enable Sun, Red Hat and 3rd party management tools to seamlessly interoperate across each company's virtualization platforms.

“Red Hat and Sun are collaborating to certify and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a guest on Sun xVM and to certify and support Solaris as a guest on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. And Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based appliances will run on Sun xVM,” said Paul Cormier, Red Hat EVP of Engineering. “We appreciate Sun's support of our Linux Automation strategy, through which we will be able to deliver infrastructure with quality, performance and value that is unmatched by proprietary software. Red Hat and Sun will provide joint seamless end-to-end customer support to provide more opportunity for customers and partners, across both of our virtualization platforms.”

“Symantec is committed to helping customers manage, protect and optimize their virtualized environments by providing support for heterogeneous virtual machines across a broad range of platforms,” said Mark Lohmeyer, vice president, Server Management, Symantec. “We have a long standing relationship with Sun and look forward to continuing to work with them to support their new virtualization initiative and deliver compelling solutions to our joint customers.”

Sun xVM Family of Products

Sun's end-to-end approach to datacenter virtualization – spanning desktops to servers to storage and the network – will let customers deploy new services faster, maximize system resources and more easily monitor and manage virtualized environments. As part of Sun's commitment to interoperability, Sun xVM will run on multi-vendor x86/64 and SPARC® processor-based systems from leading hardware vendors including Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and Sun.

Sun xVM Ops Center and Sun xVM Server will be the first of the xVM family of products introduced to the market. Sun xVM Ops Center will deliver a unified management console that will help users to manage both the virtualized and physical components of their IT environment. Sun xVM Server, Sun's virtualization server, will include code derived from work of the Xen open source community. Sun xVM Server will help extend the benefits of technologies like Predictive Self-Healing software and ZFS to Windows and Linux guest operating system instances, previously only available to Solaris OS users.

For more information about Sun's virtualization offerings, Sun xVM, please visit www.sun.com/xvm

To view other Sun announcements at Oracle OpenWorld, go to http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/2007-1114/index.jsp

To view a live Webcast of the keynote at 8:30 am PT, go to http://www.sun.com

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision — "The Network is the Computer" — Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, OpenSolaris, Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC and UltraSparc trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. AMD, Opteron, the AMD logo, the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices.

 

iPhone and iPod touch Application Allows Users to Control Their Desktop Computers Remotely

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Secure, real time access and control of any desktop application or content from your iPhone web browser. All you need is a desktop computer running Files2Phones — our iPhone software — and an iPhone.

{youtube}oR2hGlupOqQ{/youtube}Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 — 1stWorks, a real-time communications software company with solutions for secure multimedia conferencing, collaboration and content delivery, announced today the immediate availability of Files2Phones 2.0 — a powerful desktop application that enables your iPhone to function as a real time remote control for your computer — securely, encrypting your data in transit.

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Any application or file type including documents, presentations, spreadsheets, CAD drawings, even custom applications found on your own desktop can now be viewed and controlled remotely from your iPhone. To set up Files2Phones (F2P), simply download the software and then drag and drop the local directories, applications or files you wish to access remotely into public, private or guest folders. The files are immediately added to your personal F2P directory at your personal .myf2p.com page – where they can be viewed and controlled using the iPhone's Safari browser. All display transfers use our patent pending compression technique for maximum efficiency and performance.

F2P creates an instantaneous image of your desktop PC or MAC right on your iPhone. If you have multiple monitors on your system, you can view them all. This remote iPhone application also includes the ability to launch a webcam on your desktop. This image can be viewed on your iPhone in either single shot or continuous view mode. Great for security when you are traveling or checking in to see the view from the desktop anytime, this remote desktop access from your iPhone allows you full control.

Want to use Skype to call your friends? Go ahead. Display your phone list, select the person to call and our Files2Phones iPhone software will make the connection for you.

Adding camera pictures to your online F2P directory is easy too. Simply take a picture with your iPhone camera and email it to your personal directory at your .myf2p.com page. Files2Phones will automatically add the image, in date and time sequence, to your published picture file. Keep your friends in the picture, easily with this iPhone application.

Your information is protected at all times. For security purposes, access to the files in the private and guest directories is managed by username and password, as well as, by time frame. All access requests and file transfers are recorded to a log file on your desktop computer, includ¬ing the name of the file or application accessed, a timestamp and the requesting IP address, port and connection type.

Interestingly, these same desktop and webcam display capabilities described above, delivering images instantly to your iPhone, also enable parents to remotely access the desktop to see what their children are viewing or doing in real time.

Files2Phones is available immediately by download for your free trial from http://www.f2p.com Additionally, licenses can be purchased online for $29.95 for 3 months or $99.95 for a year, with no hidden data or usage charges.

About 1stWorks Corp.:
1stWorks Corporation is a real-time software communications company with solutions for secure collaboration, conferencing, and multimedia content delivery — incorporating its patented data compression technology, Quantized Indexing. Ten thousand customers worldwide in more than 70 countries already use its hotComm software platform. 1stWorks was founded in 2000 by executives from several earlier successful companies and is located near Boston.
More information at http://www.1stworks.com
Corporate Contact:
Nigel Spicer
(508) 541-6781

 

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Online Merchants Now Have New Weapon To Help Reduce Fraud

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Telecentrex LLC, a leading provider of virtual telecommunications services has launched a new website, ReduceFraud.com, that aims to help online merchants reduce the number of fraudulent transactions occurring on their websites.

Yorba Linda, CA (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 — Telecentrex LLC, a leading provider of virtual telecommunications services has launched a new website, ReduceFraud.com, that aims to help online merchants reduce the number of fraudulent transactions occurring on their websites.

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Tim Paulino, Co-Founder and CEO of Telecentrex said, "With $3 billion dollars in online revenue being lost due to online fraud in 2006, as well as over $200 million lost by consumers, reducing Internet fraud benefits everyone. Everyone except the crooks, that is."

Among the services that ReduceFraud.com offers is a televerification solution that allows online merchants to confirm that the telephone number that a user provides is a legitimate, working telephone number before they can complete their transaction. Brandi Cummings, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer of Telecentrex, stated, "Thieves are leery about providing a legitimate phone number that can be traced back to them. This solution weeds out fraudulent users before they get a chance to do any damage."

Other services offered on ReduceFraud.com include a two factor verification solution for an extra layer of security for access to online confidential information, phone identification that will determine the type of phone, carrier and location of a telephone number, as well as SMS marketing solutions. Visitors to the site can experience live demos, see the technology at work first hand, learn more about televerification for fraud protection, and set up a free account.

About Telecentrex, LLC
Telecentrex markets a suite of advanced hosted telephony services that provide both front- and back-end services to existing telephone infrastructures. Services include virtual PBX phone systems, which allow small businesses to sound bigger and more professional, call capture hotlines, which provide real estate professionals with the ability to automatically generate leads 24/7, Internet fax services which enables anyone with a computer to send, receive and manage fax traffic without a fax machine, and televerification fraud protection solutions for online merchants. For more information, call 1-800-494-4641 or visit our web sites.

http://www.freedom800.com
http://www.realtyone800.com
http://www.fax800.com
http://www.reducefraud.com

DynDNS.com Releases DynDNS Updater v. 2.0 for Macintosh

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DynDNS.com today announced the immediate availability of version 2.0 of the DynDNS Updater for Macintosh, its flagship free Dynamic DNS Update client, featuring full Leopard compatibility, tight integration with platform-specific services, a brand new code base and a revamped interface.

Manchester, NH (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 — Dynamic Network Services Incorporated today released version 2.0 of the DynDNS Updater for Macintosh, its flagship free Dynamic DNS updating software.

The DynDNS Updater unlocks the full power of Dynamic DNS by allowing users to constantly connect to their servers and machines, even when their IP address changes. In effect, it turns virtually any home or small business Internet access into a connection suitable for the publication and sharing of data.

By monitoring changes in the network setup and immediately notifying the DynDNS.com servers, the Updater ensures that a single domain name always points to the right web site or server, regardless of most changes in network topology. Changes are instantly propagated through the Internet thanks to DynDNS.com's top-tier DNS architecture.

Version 2.0 of the DynDNS Updater features an entirely rewritten code base for increased stability, resiliency and integration with popular Mac OS X services such as Sparkle (for self-updating) and Growl (for faster notifications). Its brand new interface makes it a snap to set up and use, for beginners and system administrators alike.

With its refined look and bullet-proof foundation, the DynDNS Updater sets a new standard of platform integration and ease of use in personal networking software. It enables an ever increasing number of users to freely communicate, publish and access content on the Internet, without the traditional technical and financials barriers.

The DynDNS Updater for Mac is immediately available as a free download from http://DynDNS.com It is released as a Universal Binary. It requires an always-on Internet connection and Mac OS X v. 10.4.10 or later, including the just-released Mac OS X Leopard (v. 10.5). The DynDNS Updater is compatible with both DynDNS.com's free and paying Dynamic DNS offerings as well as with the company's Recursive DNS service.

About Dynamic Network Services Incorporated:
Founded in 1998, originally as a free DNS service for the open source communities, DynDNS.com has grown quietly and steadily to become one of the Internet's largest and most reliable providers of domain, zone and email solutions, through its innovative, obscenely-well supported services. Still offering its signature free service, the company today plays a key role in keeping the Internet's DNS infrastructure at large running smoothly and stays faithful to its core values of engineering excellence.
DynDNS.com is a registered trademark of Dynamic Network Services Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

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US Government to Eliminate Competition in the Sale of Epson-Compatible Inks

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'The public needs to be made aware of a very anticompetitive, anti-consumer action about to be taken by the U.S. government' writes Mr. Roark, a Retired Federal Trade Commission attorney, in his Op-Ed article.

 

(PRWEB) November 9, 2007 — 'The public needs to be made aware of a very anticompetitive, anti-consumer action about to be taken by the U.S. government' writes Mr. Paul Roark, a Retired Federal Trade Commission attorney, in his Op-Ed article.

"It appears the fate of competition in the market for Epson-compatible inks is in the hands of the U.S. Trade Representative, if she does not act to stop the implementation of International Trade Commission (ITC) matter 337-TA-565," says Mr. Roark who uses specialty black and white inks in his color EPSON printer that are manufactured by a small innovative company in America. "The ability of other companies to sell ink to consumers of Epson inkjet printers may be blocked by the U.S. government and this would in effect, subsidize Epson's efforts to monopolize Epson-compatible ink sales by excluding inkjet cartridges from importation into the U.S.," warned Paul Roark.

The prices of Epson inks in its cartridges are vastly higher than the competing ink options. In addition to the pre-filled, competitive cartridges, many use easily-refillable, third-party cartridges or continuous flow ink systems and buy ink in bulk, such as 4 oz. bottles. When bought in bulk, the prices for competing inks are about 1/10th that of what consumers pay for Epson inks.

In addition to the huge price differential, the competitive options that allow the use of bulk inks do not cause the environmental problems associated with consumers throwing the small cartridges into our landfills. These options also will likely be eliminated by this ITC action.

"While some have claimed that third party inks are inferior, this is simply not true in many cases," said Mr. Roark. "In the small black and white, monochromatic ink market where I am most active the non-Epson inks are superior to Epson options", he added. "Epson makes no product that can equal the image quality, stability and lightfastness of the carbon inks I use for my fine art, black & white photographic prints, and the inks I use are far cheaper," he commented. U.S. companies have for years made very lightfast pigmented inks available for entry level printers where Epson sells only fast-fading dyes. In short, there are small, innovative U.S. companies that sell superior products for less. These companies are at risk of being put out of business by the combination of Epson's anticompetitive practices and the U.S. government.

The ITC Epson inkjet cartridge matter, now pending before the U.S. Trade Representative, is part of Epson's attempt to prevent others from entering into aftermarket ink sales for its printer base. Mr. Roark opined, "Epson is using its patents over the interface between the inks and printers to accomplish this." He added, "Even assuming these inkjet cartridge patents are valid, this is, in effect, an illegal "tying agreement" that ties subsequent sales of inks to the sale of the printer." Tying agreements have been prohibited by the antitrust laws for many years, although the burden of proving an illegal tying agreement has been made much more difficult in recent years. Realistically, small competitors and consumers simply cannot afford the legal fees and years of litigation such matters now involve. Nonetheless, where a government agency is called on to exercise discretion, the fact of the likely illegal conduct and the larger competitive picture should be considered. Sadly, the plight of competitors and consumers who were never parties to this action may never have come to the attention of the decision makers. "The U.S. Trade representative needs to consider these factors when she makes her decision," said Mr. Roark.

"From a legal standpoint, there are cases that deal with these concepts," said Mr. Roark. "The Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in Image Technical Services v. Eastman Kodak (125 F.3d 1195 (1997)) addressed for the first time the relationship of intellectual property rights and the antitrust laws," he added. The court held that a monopolist who has achieved a dominant position through its patents and copyrights can nevertheless be held in violation the Sherman Act by exploiting that dominant position to attain a monopoly in another market. As a subsequent court noted, "Properly viewed within the framework of a tying case, (Image Technical Services) can be interpreted as restating the undisputed premise that the patent holder cannot use his statutory right to refuse to sell patented parts to gain a monopoly in a market beyond the scope of the patent." (CSU v. Xerox, 203 F.3d at 1327) Also in Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of AM., Inc.: "(A) patent owner may not take the property right granted by a patent and use it to extend his power in the marketplace improperly, i.e., beyond the limits of what Congress intended to give in the patent laws." (897 F.2d 1572, 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1990)) In the full text if his Op/Ed published on hios website Mr. Roark urges interested individuals to read the excellent article on this subject by Nicholas Economides and William Hebert that can be found through a link on the full text of his op/ed.

"Most consumers as well as many businesses use printers that might be affected and they need to be aware of the problem and convey their concerns to the policy makers involved" said Mr. Roark. "Using dubious patents to monopolize adjacent markets, and having the ITC help in this effort is not what Congress had in mind when these legal regimes were put in place" he added. "Susan Schwab is the US Trade Representative who's signature is required on or before December 19, 2007 to enact this law" said Mr. Roark who is urging consumers and small businesses that may be affected to contact her with their concerns. "Her office is at 600 17th Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20508 (202) 395-3063," he added.

Mr. Roark believes strongly that consumer opinions in this matter may make a difference and urges anyone who is potentially affected to read his entire op/ed which can be downloaded at http://paulroark.com/Epson-ITC-Draft-Letter-2.zip

Paul Roark is a former US Federal Trade Commission antitrust attorney residing in Solang, CA where he is known today as a photographer assisting other interested photographers in using carbon based inkjet inks in EPSON printers. His work can be seen at http://www.PaulRoark.com

 

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The Internet’s Most Expensive Advertisement

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Internet Entrepreneur Aaron Davison is selling what he believes is the Internet's most expensive ad space. It's a crazy idea that might actually work.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 10, 2007 — Aaron Davison, an Internet entrepreneur and musician, has recently launched a new website called "The Million Dollar Advertisement.com". The goal of Aaron's site is to attract one advertiser to pay one million dollars to advertise on his site permanently. Why would anyone do this? Well as Aaron states, "this idea is so freaking stupid that if it actually works there will be an immense amount of publicity for myself and the advertiser."

What inspired Aaron's crazy idea? "I'm a musician and I've been looking for creative ways to finance my music career." said Aaron, " I read about a website called the Million Dollar Homepage where the web designer sold tiny ads for one dollar a pixel. There were one million pixels in all and he sold all of them! I thought it was a brilliant idea, but the ads were so small that you could barely see them. My concept is far superior because I'm only selling one ad, so it will be totally visible."

To advertise on Aaron's site, or for more information, visit http://www.themilliondollaradvertisement.com/

OnForce Experiences Online Outage

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(TheForceField.Net ) November 8, 2007 — OnForce experienced a system outage today when its online services went offline. Sometime after 11 AM EST OnForce Providers began to have trouble accessing the online forums. At 11:50 AM the main site went down but was back up five minutes later.

According to a customer service representative some of the subdomains went down, affecting chat, forums and the Canadian site, which went live early this fall. He was unaware that the main site also went down for nearly five minutes.

The representative was unable to provide an ETA for repair. "We are aware [of the problem] and working on it", he said.

Around 12:15 AM EST the entire site went down again. Another representative provided an ETA between fifteen and twenty minutes. The system was back online by 12:40 PM. 

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The Force Field Episode 7 Released

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(TheForceField.net ) November 2, 2007 — After an extended hiatus from production, The Force Field with Rick Savoia™ was released this morning at 8 AM EDT. This latest episode marks the first of a new series of podcasts to include more focused interviews and streamlined production techniques. The show also marks the "official" launch of new features on The Force Field web site and a greater emphasis on topical features that tie-in with the current episode.

The show can be downloaded and heard in The Force Field podcast blog . You can even download and play it directly on your iPhone .

The Force Field is listed on iTunes and syndicated on over 20 podcast networks and directories including Yahoo, Google Base and iBizRadio . It is also listed by Small Business Trends Radio as one of the 100 Small Business Audio Podcasts .The Force Field is a proud member of The Tech Podcast Network .

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